Five people were killed Sunday afternoon when a small plane crashed into a California home, authorities said. The incident happened in Yorba Linda — about 40 miles southeast of Los Angeles.Authorities said the pilot — described only as a male — was killed. The crash killed four people inside the home — two women and two men.At least two other people were transported to a hospital, The Los Angeles times reported.A firefighter suffered an ankle injury, the newspaper reported.Video showed a chaotic scene that included an engulfed structure and explosions, as well as a person using a garden hose on debris in the road.The Federal Aviation Administration said the twin-engine Cessna 414A crashed in Yorba Linda shortly after taking off from the Fullerton Municipal Airport on Sunday afternoon.The pilot regularly flew out of the municipal airport, according to a man at the Fullerton Airport Operations, the Times reported.He did not immediately have information on the number of people in the plane.Images also showed pieces of a propeller scattered across a driveway.Nancy Mehl, 65, told the newspaper she was in her kitchen when she heard a high-pitched noise that she thought sounded like a plane readying to take off. She took her two dogs and took cover in a corner of her house while her husband hid elsewhere in their home.“And then it felt like a bomb went off through the front of the house,” Mehl told the newspaper.A portion of the plane's engine flew through two rooms on the first floor before landing in a bathroom. Pieces of the plane's exhaust pipe crashed on the second floor.“One of the first things I did when I saw the damage was get on my knees and thank God. Talk about being spared," she said.

YORBA LINDA, Calif. —

Five people were killed Sunday afternoon when a small plane crashed into a California home, authorities said.

The incident happened in Yorba Linda — about 40 miles southeast of Los Angeles.

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Authorities said the pilot — described only as a male — was killed. The crash killed four people inside the home — two women and two men.

Video showed a chaotic scene that included an engulfed structure and explosions, as well as a person using a garden hose on debris in the road.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the twin-engine Cessna 414A crashed in Yorba Linda shortly after taking off from the Fullerton Municipal Airport on Sunday afternoon.

The pilot regularly flew out of the municipal airport, according to a man at the Fullerton Airport Operations, the Times reported.

He did not immediately have information on the number of people in the plane.

Images also showed pieces of a propeller scattered across a driveway.

Nancy Mehl, 65, told the newspaper she was in her kitchen when she heard a high-pitched noise that she thought sounded like a plane readying to take off. She took her two dogs and took cover in a corner of her house while her husband hid elsewhere in their home.

“And then it felt like a bomb went off through the front of the house,” Mehl told the newspaper.

A portion of the plane's engine flew through two rooms on the first floor before landing in a bathroom. Pieces of the plane's exhaust pipe crashed on the second floor.

“One of the first things I did when I saw the damage was get on my knees and thank God. Talk about being spared," she said.

OCFA, Anaheim, Orange and OCSD on scene of a small aircraft down into a single family house. 1 structure involved, 2 people dead, 2 patients transported to local hospital. OCFA in Unified Command with @OCSheriff_ . Press Conference TBD pic.twitter.com/F0FzibNcU3